Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Remote Sensing for cultural heritage
Remote Sensing big data
Remote sensing for archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,602
2,026
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,536
1,914
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Remote Sensing
Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,437
2,220
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Radiation budget
Topographic modeling
RS applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
2,097
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Remote sensing for agriculture
Basin's water resource management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,247
1,944
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,189
1,935
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
high-performance geo-computation
cloud computing
data-intensive computing
Earth Observation big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
1,308
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
satellite remote sensing
radiative transfer
aerosol
air quality
climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,093
1,551
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Remote Sensing
Vegetation Structure
Land Cover Change
Biodiversity
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,032
1,712
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Remote Sensing
Land cover/use
Change detection
Time series
Photogrammetry and geometric correction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,031
1,750
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Global land-cover mapping and change monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,994
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Remote Sensing
LiDAR
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,981
1,291
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
deep learning
computer vision
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,924
1,855
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Radiative Transfer
Air Pollution
Aerosol and Trace Gas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,896
1,667
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Big Earth Data
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,859
1,651
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Urban Remote Sensing
Land Surface Dynamics
and Airborne SAR Data Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
1,526
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
SAR Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,821
1,218
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Mineral Mapping
Remote Sensing Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,739
1,101
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,722
1,449
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Geography
Remote Sensing
global change
CO2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,696
1,205
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Aerosol
Remote sensing
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,695
1,303
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Computer vision
Edge computing
Deep learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,546
1,516
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Temperature anisotropy
Component temperatures
Upward longwave radiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,508
1,338
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Remote Sensing
water colour
lakes
hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,496
1,447
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
SAR image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
1,081
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,978
17,130
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Fulong Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,602
2,026
0.779
Remote Sensing for cultural heritage
Remote Sensing big data
Remote sensing for archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,247
17,501
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Mingquan Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,536
1,914
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,710
18,055
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Xinjie Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,437
2,220
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,061
18,078
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Tianxing Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
2,097
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,552
19,222
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Hongwei Zeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,247
1,944
0.865
Remote sensing for agriculture
Basin's water resource management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,462
19,611
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Qingting Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,189
1,935
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425,819
20,229
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Yan Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
1,308
0.624
high-performance geo-computation
cloud computing
data-intensive computing
Earth Observation big data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,406
20,265
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Minghui Tao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,093
1,551
0.741
satellite remote sensing
radiative transfer
aerosol
air quality
climate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,691
20,688
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Wang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,032
1,712
0.843
Remote Sensing
Vegetation Structure
Land Cover Change
Biodiversity
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,834
20,694
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Tengfei Long(龙腾飞)|Long, Tengfei, 龙腾飞
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,031
1,750
0.862
Remote Sensing
Land cover/use
Change detection
Time series
Photogrammetry and geometric correction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,544
20,917
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Xiao Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,994
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,620
21,075
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Shuai Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,981
1,291
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,938
21,516
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Yuan Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,924
1,855
0.964
deep learning
computer vision
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,642
21,740
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Chao Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,896
1,667
0.879
Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Radiative Transfer
Air Pollution
Aerosol and Trace Gas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,949
22,043
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Dong Liang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,859
1,651
0.888
Big Earth Data
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
468,800
22,298
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Zhongchang Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
1,526
0.833
Urban Remote Sensing
Land Surface Dynamics
and Airborne SAR Data Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,632
22,394
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Xiao-Ming Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,821
1,218
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,683
23,127
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Pilong Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,739
1,101
0.633
Mineral Mapping
Remote Sensing Geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,929
23,263
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
郝鹏宇, Pengyu Hao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,722
1,449
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,027
23,501
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Liping Lei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,696
1,205
0.710
Geography
Remote Sensing
global change
CO2
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,242
23,512
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Kaitao Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,695
1,303
0.769
Aerosol
Remote sensing
Environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,164
24,902
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Yue Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,546
1,516
0.981
Computer vision
Edge computing
Deep learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,587
25,246
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Biao Cao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,508
1,338
0.887
Temperature anisotropy
Component temperatures
Upward longwave radiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,289
25,366
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Shenglei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,496
1,447
0.967
Remote Sensing
water colour
lakes
hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,038
25,408
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Fan Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
1,081
0.724